Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:48:21 +0000
Dry coating of cathodes and anodes is what Tesla expected when it bought Maxwell Technologies but results remain elusive.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:12:41 +0000
Could the Tesla Semi and 4680 batteries be Tesla’s sneak attack in 2024?
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Read moreCredit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 03:09:03 +0000
Earlier this month, Tesla battery cell supplier Panasonic announced that it would delay the commercial production schedule of 4680 cells. Some wonder if the news could affect production of the Tesla Cybertruck, which is set to begin deliveries later this year. According to Panasonic’s previous guidance, the company planned to begin production of its 4680 […]
Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:59:31 +0000
There are somewhat mixed views on the newsworthiness of the Tesla Investor Day on March 1st, 2023. I sat through the whole event live and took notes of what I thought was news. Maybe you did too? Maybe you didn’t? Maybe you have already read and viewed a myriad of reactions to the event? In […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:28:52 +0000
Ramping up production of the the Tesla 4680 battery cells is taking longer than Elon Musk hoped. 2023 seems like a realistic time frame.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 03:54:21 +0000
Tesla held its annual meeting of stockholders at its Austin, Texas factory on Thursday. The meeting invited shareholders to join in person, in addition to over 300,000 viewers who watched the event virtually. The meeting addressed 13 proposals, five of which were introduced by the board of directors — and one of which included Tesla’s recent plans […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 01:45:56 +0000
In the pics above, you can see the Tesla Giga Texas factory, which includes an automated 4680 battery production facility. This is the second Tesla 4680 battery factory. The first one is the prototype 4680 factory in Fremont, California. The prototype factory in California has surpassed a million 4680 cells of production. The third 4680 […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:47:12 +0000
Tesla has been building a dual motor version of the Model Y with the new 4680 battery pack that is a structural component of the car for a few weeks now — enough time for people to run some charging tests and begin tearing them down to understand how they are put together. Tesla Model […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 06:29:54 +0000
The 4680 batteries have 5 times more energy with 6 times the power and enable a 16% range increase. At the battery-pack level, the form-factor improvements alone result in a 14% reduction in cost per kWh.
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:57:00 +0000
Panasonic shipped samples of its 4680 batteries to Tesla ahead of the production surge, Reuters recently reported. Mass production of the new battery is expected to begin at the plant in Wakayama in March of next year when the company’s fiscal new year begins and before production is moved to North America. Kazuo Tadanobu, CEO […]